"How many generations from Abraham to Moses?" (Alleged Contradiction #E8924)
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis 15:13-16
More than four generations:
Abraham > Isaac 1 > Jacob 2 > Levi 3 > Kohath 4 > Amram 5 > Moses 6
Response
God was talking about the captivity of Abraham’s seed, and so the fourth generation refers to the fourth generation in captivity. Jacob’s family went down to Egypt when Joseph was down there (the brother of Levi), giving four generations from Levi to Moses: Levi > Kohath > Amram > Moses.
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